Storage battery



NOV 13, 192s.

B. FORD STORAGE BATTERY Filed July l1, 1925 F/GJ.

vrammed Nov. 13, 192s.

UNITED STATES BRUCE FORD, F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.j

STORAGE BATTERY.

Application led July- 11,

The principal object of the present invention is to provide for connecting in a detachable manner a hold-down or handle and the Wall of a jar or container made' of rubber i material or material analogous l'to rubber material. Other objects Aof the invention will 'appear from the following description.

The invention consists in the improvements to be presently described and finally 1o claimed.

In the following description reference will be made to the' accompanying drawings forming part hereof and in which F igurel is an elevational view of a structure embodying features of the' invention.

Fig. 2 isa sectional view taken on the line 2 2 ofFigure 1, and

Fig. 3 is a sectional view takenA on the line 3-3 of Figure 1 looking toward the bottom of the sheet.- I l In the drawings the wall 1 is provided with oppositely disposed cleats 2 and 3. As shown the cleat 2 is provided on the top edge of the wall and terminates in abutments 4,

and as shown the cleat 3 is the overhanging wall of a recess provided in the wall 1. Frequently jars or containers of the type to which my invention is well adapted are strengthened around the top edge by a reinforcement 5 provided-by increasing the thickness of the wall and at the very top -the renforcement is thicker than it'is at 6, and

as shown the part 6 is off the form of a depending blunt point. However, those are matters of detail but when the reinforcement'is present it lfacilitates the provision of the recess'?, the wall 3 of which forms one of the cleats as has been said. 8 and,9

are the jaws which engage the cleats in 40 order to secure together the metallic fitting 10 and the wall 1. Obviously the jaws may be made to engage the cleats in a variety of ways or by diiferent means. As shown the metallic fitting is made in two parts 11 and 12 of plate form, Vthe jaw 8 being connected with or struck up from 'the part 11, and the'jaw 9 being a provision of the .part 12, and the parts '11 and 12'are connected by bolts 13 which are -anexample of means formechanically causin the jaws to engage thecle'ats. As shown t e part 11 is rigidly provided with 'a handle 14, and the part 12 1923. serial Nof 650,757.

.is provided with-an opening 15 for a holddown connection not shown because too well understood in the art to require illustration. The part 12 is also provided with a foot 16 adapted to bear upon the face ofl A the wall land it is shown as forked for the accommodation of the hold-down.

In use the tting can bel readily applied' to -andremoved from the wall by properly manipulating the bolts to cause the jaws to engage and disegage the cleats. -The part of the element 11 which constitutes the shank of the jaw 8 when the latter is in engage- 65 ment with the cleat 3, bears upon the face of the wall 1,Y so that the jar is properly supported even when lifted byl one of its handles. The part 12 bears upon the cleat 2 through its jaw 9 and upon the face of the 70 wall through its foot 16. so thatit is well adapted` to hold the jar down. lThe work done by the bolts 13 is therefore principally to provide for connecting and disconnecting the metallic fitting and the jar wall. 75

The abutments 1 prevent sidewise displacement of the part 12. It may be remarked that the jaw 9 is arran ed through an opening 4in the part 11 whic opening also serves for the passage of the hand through the v handle. p

It will be obvious to those skilled in the art to which the invention relates that modifications may be made in details of construction and arrangement and inerematters of 85 form without departing from the spirit of the invention which is not limited as to those matters or otherwise than as the prior art and the appended claims may require.v

I claim:

1. n a storage battery container the combination of oppositely disposed cleats pro- 1 vided the one 'at the top of the container' wall and the other at the face of the con- /tainer wall, two relatively movable metallic elements of plate form and arranged in overlapping .relation and of which each is provided with av jaw and of which one is rigidly provided with a handle and'with av shank for contact with the face of the wall below the recess and of which the other is provided with afoot for hold-down; urposes, and screw means interposed between said elements and operative in a plane parallel to the container wall and arranged to move sald Jaws towards and away from each other.

2. In a storage battery container the c0111- 5 bination of oppositely disposed cleats prowall, and a metallic'litting conined within the area of said wall and `having an `up Wardly extending handle and confronting jaws adapted to engage said cleats, said fitting having a depending foot adapted to bear upon the face of said wall below said cleats.

BRUCE FORD. 

